Department of the
Interior
Departmental Manual
Effective Date: 4/7/06
Series: Law Enforcement and Security
Part 444: Physical Protection and Facility Security
Chapter 2: National Critical Infrastructure and Key
Resource Security
Originating Office: Office of Law Enforcement and Security
444 DM 2
2.1 Introduction. The
Office of Law Enforcement and Security (OLES) in coordination with the
Department’s bureaus/offices developed this chapter in response to the
President’s policy on “National Strategy for the Physical Protection of
Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets”, dated February 2003 and to Homeland
Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 7 “Critical Infrastructure
Identification, Prioritization, and Protection”, dated December 2003. These documents state the need to protect our National
Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources from terrorist attack and require the
development and coordination of comprehensive policies, practices and
protective measures.
2.2 Purpose. This chapter establishes the Department’s security
requirements necessary to minimally safeguard Departmental National Critical
Infrastructure/Key Resource assets.
2.3 Applicability. The security requirements established herein are
applicable to all National Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource assets owned
and/or controlled by the Department of the Interior.
Please Note: Due to the sensitive nature of the information
contained in this DM chapter, copies will only be available from each
Bureau/Office Security Director on a “For Official Use Only” (FOUO) basis. Additional copies will be available from the
Office of Law Enforcement and Security, 202/208-6319.